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Opinion | A.G. Sulzberger: A Free People Need a Free Press

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Executive Order Targeting Public Broadcasting is an Overreach That Would Hurt Local Communities - PEN America Executive order is targeting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting seeking to eliminate their federal funding.

PEN America: President Trump’s executive order to eliminate federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting "is another targeted, vindictive overreach of executive authority... (and) a clear effort to intimidate and chill speech." pen.org/press-releas...

(4/4) Please join the open letter to every elected member of Congress and the White House by signing at bit.ly/pfu2025

(3/4) That’s why over 1500 individuals and 400 media organizations have joined the Press Freedom United open letter campaign, to fight back against Executive Orders issued late last night, on the eve of World Press Freedom Day.

(2/4) They also ensure rural communities have access to critical information during emergencies that inform readers and protect lives.

Ending Taxpayer Subsidization Of Biased Media By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.

(1/4) NPR and PBS provide a vital service that fosters community and unity by delivering fact-based news and educational programming that appeals to people across the political spectrum.

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We will continue accepting signatures to the open letter but the deadline to be included on the letter to every elected member of Congress and the White House is 5pm ET today.

We urge Congress to reject President Trump's incoming request to rescind funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting — which would endanger the news ecosystem.

Read the letter we signed alongside @rsf.org and 20 other organizations: rsf.org/en/usa-rsf-a...

We have surpassed 1,000 signatures for the Press Freedom United open letter campaign, including representation from independent news organizations across all fifty US states. Please consider signing and sharing. bit.ly/pfu2025

Protect My Public Media Take a stand for the local stations and programs you love.

Please consider joining us in signing and supporting this effort to save public media, and ensure it can continue delivering non-paywalled trusted news and public service programming to communities across America, particularly those in rural and disadvantaged areas.

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Trump is restricting White House press access. It’s not the first time In cherry-picking who can cover him, Trump is limiting White House access to only those willing to stoop to his demands

Trump’s shunning of newsrooms is part of a playbook designed to test the limits of the First Amendment.

We spoke to former White House correspondent @briankarem.bsky.social and U.S. Press Tracker Senior Reporter @stephaniesugars.bsky.social to learn more.

Thank you to @mikeorren.com for joining the @pressfreedomunited.bsky.social open letter movement

Free speech suffers when courts rush to impose prior restraints Lawyers need to stop asking for orders barring speech and judges need to stop granting them.

What do recent prior restraints on a book author in Texas and a newspaper in Mississippi have in common?

Both were entered without hearing from the author or newspaper first.

Judges must do a better job protecting the First Amendment.

Press Freedom United Press Freedom United is an organization of engaged citizens, journalists, media organizations and defenders of the First Amendment and the free press in the United States and abroad.

Please consider signing and sharing: bit.ly/pfu2025

Please consider signing and sharing: bit.ly/pfu2025

Why the Fight for Local Journalism Matters From Mississippi Today to John Thornton’s legacy, rays of hope for local news.

Rays of hope for local news.! 🦋
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Press Freedom United Press Freedom United is an organization of engaged citizens, journalists, media organizations and defenders of the First Amendment and the free press in the United States and abroad.

Thanks to @nclocal.bsky.social for signing and joining the bit.ly/pfu2025 open letter movement

Press Freedom United Press Freedom United is an organization of engaged citizens, journalists, media organizations and defenders of the First Amendment and the free press in the United States and abroad.

Thanks to @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social for signing the open letter and joining the bit.ly/pfu2025 movement

Press Freedom United Press Freedom United is an organization of engaged citizens, journalists, media organizations and defenders of the First Amendment and the free press in the United States and abroad.

Thank you to @freedom.press for signing the bit.ly/pfu2025 open letter

Press Freedom United Press Freedom United is an organization of engaged citizens, journalists, media organizations and defenders of the First Amendment and the free press in the United States and abroad.

Thank you to @chicagopublicsquare.com for signing the bit.ly/pfu2025 open letter and encouraging over 150 followers to join!

Press Freedom United Press Freedom United is an organization of engaged citizens, journalists, media organizations and defenders of the First Amendment and the free press in the United States and abroad.

Thank you to @aegissafety.bsky.social for signing the bit.ly/pfu2025 open letter

Press Freedom United Press Freedom United is an organization of engaged citizens, journalists, media organizations and defenders of the First Amendment and the free press in the United States and abroad.

Thank you to @revealnews.org for signing the bit.ly/pfu2025 open letter

Today we surpassed 500 signatures for the Press Freedom United open letter campaign. Please read and consider joining our movement, and encourage friends, family and colleagues to do the same. bit.ly/pfu2025

Thank you so much Marie

Join us for an urgent discussion on the @apnews.com ban, White House press pool, and other attacks on the press by the Trump administration, featuring @briankarem.bsky.social, @stephaniesugars.bsky.social, and @caitlinvogus.bsky.social.

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Trump’s Unhinged Eruption at Harvard Actually Reveals Big MAGA Weakness Podcast Episode · THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent · 04/16/2025 · 21m

Harvard’s pushback against the Trump administration "is a game changer," @jonfreadom.bsky.social tells @gregsargent.bsky.social. "It says to every institution that is feeling like they have to capitulate that there is something greater that they have to stand for." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

The student paper at the college at which I teach reports a "tsunami of takedown requests" from international students terrified of being targeted for innocuous, legitimate op-eds & opinions.. Many ask in person--leave no trace in writing. Reminds me of my father's account of studying in the USSR.

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If an anti-free speech president can shake down law firms that represent clients he doesn’t like, press freedom will suffer immeasurably, and the American public will be less informed.

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